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ReviewMicroorganisms2025

Pathogens of Medical Importance Identified in Hospital-Collected Cockroaches: A Systematic Review.

Ariel Crespo, Yaxsier de Armas, Virginia Capó, Enrique Iglesias, Jaime Palomares-Marín, Luis Fonte, Arturo Plascencia-Hernández, Claudia L Cueto-Aragón, Enrique J Calderón, Héctor R Pérez-Gómez

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Review in Microorganisms, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. [From ICU to recovery: recurrent pneumonia due to Lophomonas blattarum].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2026
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  4. Experimental Evaluation of Fecal-Mediated Transfer ofJournal of tropical medicine · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Ariel CrespoCentro Municipal de Higiene y Epidemiología, Bahia Honda 33800, Artemisa, Cuba.
Yaxsier de ArmasPathology Department, Hospital Center, Institute of Tropical Medicine "Pedro Kourí", Havana 11400, La Lisa, Cuba.
Virginia CapóPathology Department, Hospital Center, Institute of Tropical Medicine "Pedro Kourí", Havana 11400, La Lisa, Cuba.
Enrique IglesiasCentro de Ingeniería Genética y Biotecnología, Havana 11400, La Lisa, Cuba.
Jaime Palomares-MarínLaboratorio de Ciencias Morfológico Forense y Medicina Molecular, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara 44100, Jalisco, Mexico.
Luis FonteParasitology Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine "Pedro Kourí", Havana 11400, La Lisa, Cuba.ORCID 0000-0002-4980-4435
Arturo Plascencia-HernándezDepartamento de Reproducción Humana y Crecimiento Infantil, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara 44100, Jalisco, Mexico.
Claudia L Cueto-AragónHospital Infantil "Eva Sámano de López Mateos", Morelia 58253, Michoacán, Mexico.
Enrique J CalderónInstituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas/Universidad de Sevilla, 41013 Seville, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3166-5086
Héctor R Pérez-GómezInstituto de Patología Infecciosa y Experimental "Francisco Ruiz Sánchez", Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara 44100, Jalisco, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0003-2126-119X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cockroaches serve as mechanical vectors for medically important pathogens, and their presence in hospitals is a common occurrence. This review summarizes the pathogens carried by cockroaches collected in hospitals around the world during the period 2000-2024 and focuses on their antibiotic resistance mechanisms and potential impact on the public health system. The conventional techniques are most used to identify microorganisms and determine antibiotic resistance, but there are few studies that use molecular techniques for bacterial identification and resistance mechanism detection. The species that appear most frequently in the selected articles were

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antibiotic resistancebacteriacockroachfungihealthcare-associated infectionshospitalparasitespathogen transmissionvirus

Identifiers

PMID40005704
PMCPMC11858024

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